. "Benjamin Dass"@sv . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1706-08-15"^^ . . . . . . . . "Benjamin Dass"@en . . . . . . "1706"^^ . . . . . . "Benjamin Dass, f\u00F6dd den 15 augusti 1706 p\u00E5 Skar i Her\u00F8 p\u00E5 Helgeland, d\u00F6d den 5 maj 1775 i K\u00F6penhamn, var en norsk skolman. Han var brorsons son till Petter Dass. Dass blev student 1726, studerade klassisk filologi, teologi och filosofi och blev 1734 rektor vid Trondhjems katedralskola. Med stor iver tog den 29-\u00E5rige mannen sig an denna skola, som hade varit vansk\u00F6tt, rensade den fr\u00E5n en hel del om\u00F6jliga elever och f\u00F6rde den upp p\u00E5 en niv\u00E5, som knappast n\u00E5gon annan av samtidens skolor uppn\u00E5dde. Dass var emellertid inte endast den str\u00E4nga skolmannen, men f\u00F6r m\u00E5nga av sina l\u00E4rjungar tillika en faderlig v\u00E4n, som med uppoffrande hj\u00E4lpsamhet f\u00F6ljde dem ocks\u00E5 senare. Den duglige mannens verksamhet h\u00E4mmades emellertid i stor utstr\u00E4ckning genom arroganta ingrepp fr\u00E5n hans \u00F6verordnades sida, vilket "@sv . . "Benjamin Dass"@en . . . "Her\u00F8y, Nordland, Norway"@en . . . . "36198395"^^ . . . "1111295020"^^ . . . . "1775-05-05"^^ . . . . . . . "1706-08-15"^^ . "3805"^^ . . "1775"^^ . . . . . . . . . "Benjamin Dass (15 August 1706 \u2013 5 May 1775) was a Norwegian educator and scholar who served as Rector of Trondheim Cathedral School. Dass was born at Skar farm (Skar i Alstahaug) in Her\u00F8y, Nordland, Norway. He was the son of Jacob Benjaminsson Dass and Maria Volquartz. His father was a nephew of poet-priest Petter Dass (1647-1707). His mother was a sister of Marcus Carstensen Volqvartz (1678\u20131720) who was a priest in Trondheim. In 1719, Thomas von Westen (1682\u20131727), who had founded the Seminarium Lapponicum in Trondheim, took an interest in him and had him enrolled at the Trondheim Cathedral School. In 1726, he entered the University of Copenhagen. Towards the end of his nine-year stay in Copenhagen, he was admitted to Borchs Kollegium where he came in contact with Hans Gram (1685\u20131748) who was manager of the Danish Royal Library and the secretary of the Royal Archives. In 1734, he was contacted by the Bishop of Trondheim and offered the headmaster position at the Trondheim Cathedral School. In 1735, he took his magister degree with honor and moved to Trondheim. Several of his school reforms were implemented in the 1739 Educational Act (Folkeskoleloven) of King Christian VI of Denmark who had visited Trondheim in 1733. Among other provisions, the law designated compulsory school attendance for children. Dass retired in 1750 and was succeeded as rector by his former student, Gerhard Sch\u00F8ning. In 1753 moved to Copenhagen. From 1757 he began to develop health problems and in 1775 he died in Copenhagen. After his death, parts of his large book collection were donated to the Gunnerus Library (Gunnerusbiblioteket) at the University of Trondheim."@en . "Educator and scholar"@en . . . "Picture of Dass"@en . . . . . . . . "1775-05-05"^^ . . . . . "Norwegian"@en . . "Benjamin Dass (15 August 1706 \u2013 5 May 1775) was a Norwegian educator and scholar who served as Rector of Trondheim Cathedral School. Dass was born at Skar farm (Skar i Alstahaug) in Her\u00F8y, Nordland, Norway. He was the son of Jacob Benjaminsson Dass and Maria Volquartz. His father was a nephew of poet-priest Petter Dass (1647-1707). His mother was a sister of Marcus Carstensen Volqvartz (1678\u20131720) who was a priest in Trondheim. In 1719, Thomas von Westen (1682\u20131727), who had founded the Seminarium Lapponicum in Trondheim, took an interest in him and had him enrolled at the Trondheim Cathedral School. In 1726, he entered the University of Copenhagen. Towards the end of his nine-year stay in Copenhagen, he was admitted to Borchs Kollegium where he came in contact with Hans Gram (1685\u20131748) w"@en . "Benjamin Dass"@en . "Benjamin Dass, f\u00F6dd den 15 augusti 1706 p\u00E5 Skar i Her\u00F8 p\u00E5 Helgeland, d\u00F6d den 5 maj 1775 i K\u00F6penhamn, var en norsk skolman. Han var brorsons son till Petter Dass. Dass blev student 1726, studerade klassisk filologi, teologi och filosofi och blev 1734 rektor vid Trondhjems katedralskola. Med stor iver tog den 29-\u00E5rige mannen sig an denna skola, som hade varit vansk\u00F6tt, rensade den fr\u00E5n en hel del om\u00F6jliga elever och f\u00F6rde den upp p\u00E5 en niv\u00E5, som knappast n\u00E5gon annan av samtidens skolor uppn\u00E5dde. Dass var emellertid inte endast den str\u00E4nga skolmannen, men f\u00F6r m\u00E5nga av sina l\u00E4rjungar tillika en faderlig v\u00E4n, som med uppoffrande hj\u00E4lpsamhet f\u00F6ljde dem ocks\u00E5 senare. Den duglige mannens verksamhet h\u00E4mmades emellertid i stor utstr\u00E4ckning genom arroganta ingrepp fr\u00E5n hans \u00F6verordnades sida, vilket fick till f\u00F6ljd att han 1751 avstod fr\u00E5n rektoratet till f\u00F6rm\u00E5n f\u00F6r sin \u00E4lsklingsl\u00E4rjunge, Gerhard Sch\u00F6ning."@sv . . . . .